Critical Chain

Why do even carefully planned projects fail? How can you stop burning budgets and working in a state of constant crisis? In this audiobook, Eliyahu Goldratt—author of «The Goal» and creator of the Theory of Constraints—shows that missed deadlines are not the norm: more often than not, they are the result of outdated approaches. Instead, he offers a new way to manage projects—the “Critical Chain” method.

The audiobook is written like a business novel: practical takeaways and a precise analysis of management mistakes are here combined with a dynamic story. At the center of the plot is the company “Genmodem,” which needs to launch a new product every six months, but development stretches to two years. Without radical changes, the business is at risk of failure.

The main characters are the managers Mark, Ruth, and Fred, who assemble a “thinking factory” to rebuild project management from the ground up. Along the way, they are hindered by bureaucracy, human habits, and the most difficult adversary of all—uncertainty.